How to Install and Uninstall libv4l-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libv4l-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libv4l-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libv4l-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libv4l-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libv4l-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libv4l-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 421
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Architecture: amd64
Source: v4l-utils
Version: 1.10.0-1
Depends: libv4l-0 (= 1.10.0-1), libv4lconvert0 (= 1.10.0-1), libv4l2rds0 (= 1.10.0-1)
Suggests: pkg-config (>= 0.18)
Filename: pool/main/v/v4l-utils/libv4l-dev_1.10.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 104946
MD5sum: 2af0bb9126ce009c3fa190cd3ceeb187
SHA1: 43673ddce000c612ad9344265cfd69b22f9835da
SHA256: 019e350993f5d5e5139c8a532b9ca848dafd5c816aa4dff9936da402dae3b460
Description-en: Collection of video4linux support libraries (development files)
libv4l is a collection of libraries which adds a thin abstraction layer on
top of video4linux2 devices. The purpose of this (thin) layer is to make it
easy for application writers to support a wide variety of devices without
having to write separate code for different devices in the same class. libv4l
consists of 3 different libraries: libv4lconvert, libv4l1 and libv4l2.
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libv4lconvert offers functions to convert from any (known) pixelformat
to BGR24, RGB24, YUV420 and YVU420.
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libv4l1 offers the (deprecated) v4l1 API on top of v4l2 devices, independent
of the drivers for those devices supporting v4l1 compatibility (which many
v4l2 drivers do not).
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libv4l2 offers the v4l2 API on top of v4l2 devices, while adding for the
application transparent libv4lconvert conversion where necessary.
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This package contains the development files.
Description-md5: f55e727a780c8a0816ceba845026f592
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m